Legal Opinion
Cowen v. People
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided December 10, 2018No. 16SC952, CowenPublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JUSTICE SAMOUR delivered the Opinion of the Court.
¶ 1 Restitution is "a crucial element of sentencing." Roberts v. People , 130 P.3d 1005 , 1007 (Colo. 2006). Today we must determine whether Colorado's restitution statutes authorize a trial court to order a defendant who has been acquitted of a charge to pay restitution for pecuniary losses caused by the conduct that formed the basis of that charge. The trial court answered the question in the affirmative and ordered Jared Cowen to pay restitution for losses that resulted from acquitted conduct. A division of the court of appeals upheld the…
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